Icahn preps Forest lawsuit over succession; Redx creating new anti-infectives unit;

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> True to form, Carl Icahn is ramping up the pressure on Forest Laboratories as he pushes his second campaign to gain control of Forest Laboratories. Icahn says he is suing Forest over its succession plans. "Howard Solomon and this board, who collectively own less than 2 percent of this great company, must be made to realize that Forest Labs is not a dynasty to be despotically handed down from father to son," Icahn said in a letter. Icahn is once again seeking up to four seats on the board. Report

> The U.K.'s Redx Pharma is looking to hire up to 119 people as it builds a new division to develop anti-infectives. Report

> Oxford Biomedica is planning to raise £16 million to back the development of new eye disease drugs. Story

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> FDA says yes to Astellas' bladder drug Myrbetriq. Article

> GSK again extends its $2.6 billion bid for HGS. Story

> Generic antiviral market poised to boom. More

> Icahn says CEO treating Forest like a dynasty. News

And Finally… Investigators in Brazil report that blocking the receptor of bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide can improve survival in sepsis animal models. Release